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At least one actor from Tera Nova has been cast in a new pilot for next season. While not an absolute indicator, it does put doubt on the series coming back.

Many actors in current "bubble" shows audition for and get picked up in new shows and have a clause in the contract [with the new show] that lets them go back to the original show if that original show is renewed. The role in the new show is then recast if the pilot is picked up as a series...

So having an actor from Terra Nova appear in a pilot doesn't necessarily mean the end of Terra Nova, even if it's a principal actor. It just means the actor is smart and has a smart agent.

Many actors in current "bubble" shows audition for and get picked up in new shows and have a clause in the contract [with the new show] that lets them go back to the original show if that original show is renewed. The role in the new show is then recast if the pilot is picked up as a series...

That exact thing happened with Damon Wayans Jr. He's on "Happy Endings" but that show didn't look like it was being picked up so he did the pilot for "New Girl". Once "Happy Endings" was picked up he was let out of his "New Girl" contract, but still showed up in the pilot episode.

'Alcatraz' & 'The Finder' Likely To Be Canceled, Does That Help 'Terra Nova'?

No.

As you say, it didn't help Terra Nova at all. The spider song didn't help much either.

Luke

Sagaciously eschew obfuscating sesquipedalianisms.

Evil is charming and beautiful. It makes you doubt yourself. It asks for one small compromise after another until it whittles you down, and it functions best when no one believes in it.--from Joan of Arcadia

There's a slim chance that some other network will buy Terra Nova ... but I doubt it. It's maybe only the overseas distribution deals that might allow another US channel to take it on, but it's still an expensive program.

I wonder if it is coincidence that this was the episode that was supposed to air two weeks ago when pre-empted by NASCAR.

I posted in another forum how I wonder if viewers on the bubble might abandon a show like this once it was pre-empted and then episodes were aired out of order.

I'm sure the pre-emption didn't help, but it was doing very poorly in the ratings before that, so I expect it was not a crucial deciding factor. Unfortunate, since I really like it, but the number are what they are.

Luke

Sagaciously eschew obfuscating sesquipedalianisms.

Evil is charming and beautiful. It makes you doubt yourself. It asks for one small compromise after another until it whittles you down, and it functions best when no one believes in it.--from Joan of Arcadia

I started off trying to like Alcatraz (I'm a fan of Sam O'Neill), but it's been difficult. During the episodes, I find myself going to the bathroom, clipping my toenails, and doing other menial things that relieve me of my boredom.

I started off trying to like Alcatraz (I'm a fan of Sam O'Neill), but it's been difficult. During the episodes, I find myself going to the bathroom, clipping my toenails, and doing other menial things that relieve me of my boredom.

The show just got slow and boring.

It wouldnt be so bad if this wasnt the next Prison Break. They took way to long with Prison Break and they are doing the same with Alcatraz. Lets go through all 60+ inmates and then figure it out. I enjoy watching it but dont want to wait forever for it to get more interesting.

I started off trying to like Alcatraz (I'm a fan of Sam O'Neill), but it's been difficult. During the episodes, I find myself going to the bathroom, clipping my toenails, and doing other menial things that relieve me of my boredom.

The show just got slow and boring.

+100

It has become a crime procedural -- in which I have no interest.

The sci-fi aspect has been almost completely lost as the season has progressed. It's there, but it's hardly addressed.